摘要

The %26quot;17th Iberian Symposium of Marine Biology Studies%26quot; took place in San Sebastian (Spain), in September 2012. This contribution is an introduction to a special issue collating the most challenging papers submitted by Portuguese and Spanish scientists to the symposium. The text was structured as a novel, with the three main parts of a novel: (i) Setup: a historical context, from old times to the 1970%26apos;s. This part presents the main Iberian scientific contribution to marine science, since the 15th Centwy, as a precedent to modern scientific research; (ii) Conflict: from the 1970%26apos;s to the economic crisis. This part presents the evolution of Iberian research production, based upon a bibliometric study, from 1974 to 2012; and (iii) Resolution: what for the future?, which shows the main challenges, proposed by the authors, to the European research initiative %26apos;Horizon 2020%26apos;, including aspects such as the need of knowledge-base for marine management, the marine research as a potential source of jobs, the ecosystem-based approach, human activities and Marine Spatial Planning, moving from fisheries to aquaculture, or global change issues, among others.

  • 出版日期2013-10